{"id":5587,"date":"2023-04-07T16:16:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5587"},"modified":"2023-04-07T16:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:16:39","slug":"debris-found-of-japanese-army-helicopter-with-10-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/asia\/asia-pacific\/japan\/debris-found-of-japanese-army-helicopter-with-10-crew\/2023\/04\/07\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Debris found of Japanese army helicopter with 10 crew"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span>\u00a0Unused<\/span> lifeboats,<\/span> doors<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> debris<\/span> believed<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> from<\/span> a<\/span> Japanese<\/span> military<\/span> helicopter<\/span> found<\/span> after<\/span> Black<\/span> Hawk<\/span> believed<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> crashed<\/span> at<\/span> sea<\/span> with<\/span> 10<\/span> crew<\/span> members<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> done,<\/span> officials<\/span> said<\/span>.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Defense<\/span> Minister<\/span> Hamada,<\/span> who<\/span> appeared<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> struggling<\/span> to<\/span> hold<\/span> back<\/span> tears,<\/span> told<\/span> reporters<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> search<\/span> was<\/span> resumed<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> but<\/span> none<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> missing<\/span> crew<\/span> members<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> found.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>We<\/span> take<\/span> the<\/span> accident<\/span> very<\/span> seriously<\/span> and<\/span> will<\/span> do<\/span> everything<\/span> possible<\/span> to<\/span> ensure<\/span> the<\/span> safe<\/span> operation<\/span> of<\/span> SDF<\/span> aircraft.”<\/span> He<\/span> said,<\/span> “We<\/span> will<\/span> continue<\/span> to<\/span> collect<\/span> information<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> damage<\/span> situation<\/span> and<\/span> do<\/span> our<\/span> best<\/span> to<\/span> rescue<\/span> the<\/span> 10<\/span> missing<\/span> people.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> UH-60JA<\/span> Black<\/span> Hawk<\/span> helicopter<\/span> went<\/span> missing<\/span> Thursday<\/span> afternoon<\/span> during<\/span> a<\/span> reconnaissance<\/span> mission<\/span> in<\/span> Japan’s<\/span> southern<\/span> islands,<\/span> said<\/span> Yasunori<\/span> Morishita,<\/span> chief<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Japan<\/span> Ground<\/span> Self-Defense<\/span> Force.<\/span> It<\/span> is<\/span> believed<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> disappeared<\/span> from<\/span> radar<\/span> just<\/span> 10<\/span> minutes<\/span> after<\/span> taking<\/span> off<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> base<\/span> on<\/span> Miyako<\/span> Island<\/span> and<\/span> crashing<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> sea<\/span> between<\/span> Miyako<\/span> Island<\/span> and<\/span> nearby<\/span> Irabu<\/span> Island<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> northwest.<\/span> This<\/span> area<\/span> is<\/span> about<\/span> 1,800<\/span> kilometers<\/span> (1,120<\/span> miles)<\/span> southwest<\/span> of<\/span> Tokyo.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Japan<\/span> is<\/span> aggressively<\/span> expanding<\/span> its<\/span> defense<\/span> capabilities<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Nansei<\/span> Islands<\/span> in<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> China’s<\/span> increasingly<\/span> aggressive<\/span> military<\/span> activities<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> region,<\/span> including<\/span> near<\/span> Taiwan.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Defense,<\/span> in<\/span> 1999<\/span> Japan<\/span> acquired<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Hawk,<\/span> a<\/span> twin-engine,<\/span> four-wing<\/span> utility<\/span> helicopter<\/span> developed<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.-based<\/span> Sikorsky<\/span> Aircraft<\/span> Company<\/span> and<\/span> manufactured<\/span> by<\/span> Mitsubishi<\/span> Heavy<\/span> Industries,<\/span> for<\/span> rapid<\/span> response,<\/span> surveillance<\/span> and<\/span> disaster<\/span> relief<\/span> operations.<\/span> \u00a0
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> helicopters<\/span> are<\/span> deployed<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> key<\/span> army<\/span> base<\/span> in<\/span> Kumamoto<\/span> Prefecture<\/span> on<\/span> Kyushu,<\/span> Japan’s<\/span> southern<\/span> main<\/span> island,<\/span> Morishita<\/span> said<\/span> Thursday<\/span> night.<\/span> One<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> ten<\/span> crew<\/span> members<\/span> is<\/span> Division<\/span> Commander<\/span> Yuichi<\/span> Sakamoto,<\/span> who<\/span> was<\/span> just<\/span> promoted<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> March.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TOKYO (Reuters) –\u00a0Unused lifeboats, doors and other debris believed to be from a Japanese military helicopter found after Black Hawk believed to have crashed at sea with 10 crew members has been done, officials said. Defense Minister Hamada, who appeared to be struggling to hold back tears, told reporters that the search was resumed on […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2428,562,1034],"tags":[3488,3489,3490,3491,3492,2970,3493,2972,3494,2984,3495,3480,3481,3482,3483,3484,3485,3486,3487],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/JP.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5590,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5587\/revisions\/5590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}